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No. 5 Dowling Beats No. 9 NYIT

from press release

BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. - Senior goalkeeper Ryan Dougherty had a
stellar second half as the Dowling defensive unit tightened up
propelling the Golden Lions to a 10-8 victory over No. 9 NYIT at
home. With the win, Dowling improves to 3-0 (3-0 ECC) while NYIT
drops to 4-2 (1-1 ECC).

Dougherty was impressive, making 7 second half saves (13 for the
game), none bigger than a key one-on-one stop of Brandon Gamblin on
the doorstep while NYIT was man-up with 7:00 remaining. In front of
Dougherty, the defense led by Matt Lauria who caused 3 turnovers
and scooped up 2 groundballs sparked the second half surge.

Trailing 5-6 at the half, the Golden Lions had their chances
early and finally connected on a Tom Cleary tally at the 11:31 mark
and tied the game at six. With less than a minute remaining in the
quarter, Brandon Hayes streaked down the right side of the cage and
beat NYIT goaltender Billy McGee to put Dowling ahead 7-6.

The Bears tied it at seven, but three unanswered goals by
Dowling put the game out of reach. Cleary netted his third of the
game on the extra man off a feed from Billy Richardson. The
freshman took the pass on the left arc and fired a rocket that
ripped the net in the right corner. Seven minutes later,
Dowling took advantage on the fast break when John Amato isolated
Vito Demola to the right of the cage and he beat McGee top
shelf.

The three goal lead (10-7) was enough as Lou Riley won pressue
faceoffs down the stretch to keep possession in Dowling's favor.
Riley finished 19-22 at the circle, a remarkable
86 percent on the afternoon.

In addition to Cleary's hat trick, Michael Brennan had three
goals as well for Dowling. For NYIT, Bobby Calhoun had two2 goals
and an assist, Gamblin had two goals and McGee finished with
12 saves between the pipes.

Dowling returns to action next weekend when it travels to
Old Westbury to take on rival CW Post at 1:00 PM.